Wil Murray
Schönhauser Allee 72b, 10437 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 1578 526 4081
Email: Website: wilmurray.com
Selected Solo & Split Exhibitions
2011 – Last Summer I Build A 1:8 Scale Model of Your Vagina Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2011 – I Hate Your Language, You Hate Your Language Skew Gallery, Calgary
2009 – We Pet Your Cat To Death?. Galerie PUSH. Montréal
2009 – This Haunted House Is Not A Haunted Home. Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2008 – Why I Am Not A Painter. Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
2008 – GRREEDEN. with Justin Evans. Presented at Sled Island Festival, curated by Wayne Baerwaldt
Illingworth Kerr Gallery. Calgary
2008 – The Strange Space That Will Keep Us Together. Belkin Satellite Gallery. Vancouver
2007 – Strawberry Alarmist Talk Radio. Loop Gallery. Toronto
2006 – All Dressed Up Like A Little Man. Patrick Mikhail Gallery. Ottawa
2005 – Fated Feted Fatted Fetid. Zeke’s Gallery. Montréal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 – PLAIN Notebook Project. Curated by Guy Morag. Gymnasia Herzliya. Tel-Aviv, Israel
2011 – Askew Union Art Gallery – University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI
2011 – Softcore/ Hard Edge. East & Peggie Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA.
2011 – Funkhaus Atelier Project Exhibition. Berlin
2011 – Art Chicago, Exhibiting with Skew Gallery. Chicago IL
2011 - Soft Core/ Hard Edge. Curated by Marianne Elder and David Pagel. Claremont University Gallery
2011- PAPIER 11 Fair, Exhibiting with Galerie PUSH, Montreal
2011– Little Black Book The Drake Hotel, Toronto
2010 – The Triumph Of The Theraupeutic, Patrick Mikhail Gallery. Ottawa
2010 – Pushing The Edge, Diane Farris Gallery. Vancouver
2010 – Soft Core/ Hard Edge. Curated by Marianne Elder and David Pagel. Art Gallery of Calgary
2010 – Extreme Painting Rene Blouin Gallery, Montreal
2009 – Scope Miami Art Fair, Exhibiting with Michael Gibson Gallery, Miami FL
2009 – Esse Magazine 25th Anniversary Exhibition & Auction. Musée Des Beaux Arts De Montréal
2009 – Art Toronto International Art Fair. Presented by Patrick Mikhail Gallery and Galerie PUSH. Toronto
2008 – Magenta Carte Blanche, Vol. 2: Painting Exhibition. Curated by David Liss & Clint Roenisch
Museum Of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
2008 to 2009 – RBC Painting Competition Touring Exhibition
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal; Power Plant Gallery, Toronto; Museum London; The Rooms, St. John’s; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2008 – Portrayal. Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2007 – Songs of The Apocalypse. Curated by David Liss. Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal
2006 – New Painters: Abstractions and Distractions. Patrick Mikhail Gallery. Ottawa
2005 – RBC Canadian Painting Competition Touring Exhibition
MOCCA, Toronto; St. Mary’s University Gallery, Halifax; Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver; Galerie Sussex, Ottawa
2004 – 5 Painters Exhibition. Curated by Jeremy Todd. Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
Education
1997-2000 Alberta College of Art and Design: Painting/ Drawing Major
Curatorial Projects
2008 - Painting: Thick and Thin Exhibition. Illingworth Kerr Gallery & Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Awards, Grants & Memberships
2010 – Funkhaus Nalepstrasse Atelier Project, Berlin
2008 – Honourable Mention, RBC Painting Competition
2008 – Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development Association
2008 – Travel Grant, Conseils Des Arts & Des Lettres De Quebec
2006 to 2007 - Member of The Loop Gallery Collective Toronto
2005 - Eastern Finalist, RBC Painting Competition
Collections
-Padley Collection, Calgary
-Byron Aceman Collection, Vancouver
-Alberta Foundation For The Arts, Calgary
-Vertigo Theater, Calgary
-RBC Collection. Toronto
-Bilton Centre For Contemporary Art Permanent Collection. Red Deer
-Kenworth Moffet Collection. Stamford, CN
-Rogers Insurance Collection. Calgary
Publications
2010 – Soft Core/ Hard Edge Exhibition Catalog
2010 – Simpleposie Essays and Pictures by Jennifer McMackon. Toronto
2009 – L’Excentrique, Le Punk et L’Estropié by Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf, “We Pet Your Cat To Death?” Exhibition Catalog
2008 - Carte Blanche, Vol. 2: Painting. Essay by Clint Roenisch. The Magenta Foundation, Toronto.
2008 – RBC Painting Competition: Ten Years Book
2008 – The Strange Space That Will Keep Us Together Exhibition Catalog. Essay by Jacqueline Mabey
2007 – Machines Molles Exhibition Catalog. Essay by Marie-Douce St. Jacques
2004 - 5 Painters Exhibition Catalog. by Jeremy Todd & Erin Sheehan. Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver.
2004 - A Conversation with Wil Murrayby Jeremy Todd. Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
Bibliography
2011 – Wil Murray: I Hate Your Language, You Hate Your Language. Sheperd Moon, February
2010 - That's A Bit Extreme, Isn't It? by John Intini. Maclean's Magazine, August 5th, 2010
2010 - The Big Takeover by Stacey DeWolfe. Montreal Mirror, July 22nd 2010
2010 – Extreme Painting by John Bentley Mays. Canadian Art Magazine, Summer 2010. Toronto
2009 – Well Hung: 2009 Year In Review by Stacey DeWolfe. The Mirror. December 24, 2009. Montreal
2009 - How to navigate the Toronto International Art Fair In Four Steps by Leah Sandals. National Post, October 24 2009
2009 – Qui Est Le Vrai Marc Séguin? by Jocelyne Lepage, La Presse. September 26th, 2009
2009 – The Beautiful Truth by Robyn Fadden. The Hour, September 17th, 2009. Montreal
2009 – Wil Murray: Maximalist Mayhem by Leah Sandals. Canadian Art Online September 10th, 2009
2009 – The Kidult Gender-Ender One Hour Empire, Vol. 1 No. 2, Summer 2009. Toronto
2008 – Curatorial Celebrations? Try Inventory Stockpiles by Sarah Milroy, The Globe and Mail. November 22nd, 2008.
2008 – Tenth Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Magazine of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal. Volume 19, Number 2 – Fall 2008
2008 - The Second-Runner Up Takes The Prize For Most Absurdly Named Painting by Mark Medley
The National Post. September 26th, 2008
2008 – Questions & Artists: Frontier Myth-Making by Leah Sandals for The National Post. August, 2008
2007 – “Balade en Enfer” Exhibition Review of Songs of The Apocalypse by Marie-Eve Charron.
Le Devoir, Montréal
2007 – “Strawberry Alarmist Talk Radio” Exhibition Review by Gary Michael Dault. Globe & Mail, Toronto